Year % of total population 1960 56.3155883476881 1961 56.0279455643694 1962 55.4027617951669 1963 54.8184198542805 1964 54.2849898580122 1965 53.7947860030671 1966 53.3327821185939 1967 52.8967973465282 1968 52.489329533443 1969 52.1082317674437 1970 51.8270755191215 1971 51.650973165375 1972 51.4875981938517 1973 51.3192356193617 1974 51.1646414614736 1975 51.0419935609098 1976 50.9400758418674 1977 50.853276337501 1978 50.7786615439407 1979 50.6919814349011 1980 50.5678428145253 1981 50.3983059392962 1982 50.2412539259494 1983 50.1237213833414 1984 50.0119620658966 1985 49.9254270357481 1986 49.8733549914652 1987 49.8369321745363 1988 49.803952389685 1989 49.7662735748648 1990 49.7170587404336 1991 49.6920802053882 1992 49.6999554310455 1993 49.7136883493782 1994 49.7298455604365 1995 49.7456359851815 1996 49.7651611378608 1997 49.7849712326379 1998 49.8018456255812 1999 49.8194742186619 2000 49.8350891353661 2001 49.8441110913591 2002 49.8568482591547 2003 49.8699288510815 2004 49.8779304615814 2005 49.8824839188521 2006 49.8814300799517 2007 49.8813624186759 2008 49.8839107146962 2009 49.8854756130423 2010 49.8841537735124 2011 49.8962610995248 2012 49.9110170383943 2013 49.9176803934826 2014 49.9217709636096 2015 49.9244247330005 2016 49.9276750459361 2017 49.9264550366283 2018 49.9219282307518 2019 49.9177535776029 2020 49.9046381968615 2021 49.8886184655793 2022 49.875538745712 2023 49.8589641846663